Official blurbs for new evil dead, carrie and curse of chucky. Gareth p jones is an award winning childrens author. About the considine curse winner of the blue peter book award 2012 fourteenyearold mariel returns to england for her grandmothers funeral. The book is made more interesting by the strange characters, all of which have their own personalities that shine through. Blurb from goodreads she doesnt know anything about herself before the age of thirteen. Curse marked the marked series book 1 by rinna ford my rating. The selected the considine curse youve been considering is sold by one trustworthy store selling it currently meaning this will be a fussfree selection.
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The story starts when they come back to england from australia for mariels grandmothers funeral. The case of the missing cats, was shortlisted for the waterstones book prize. Ive had my eyes on this book for a while as i tend to love all. In a nutshell, its the 200 odd words on the back cover of your book that describes the book to the reader. The considine curse, gareth p, jones i dont often buy books on impulse, and i rarely buy books from the 912 age group, but in waterstones the other day i made an exception for the considine curse.
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